SCHOOL PROFILE

 ‘SCHOOL: GENERAL INFORMATION AND ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION’

1.  SCHOOL PROFIL

‘TARLAC AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY’

The Tarlac Agricultural University (TAU), formerly the Tarlac College of Agriculture, is a public university in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. It is mandated to provide professional, technical and instruction for special purposes and to promote research extension services and progressive leadership in agriculture, agricultural education, home technology and other related fields. Its main campus is located in Malacampa, Camiling, Tarlac.

TCA derives its legal mandate as an autonomous state agricultural college from Presidential Decree (PD) 609 dated December 18, 1974 which officially terminated its merger with the Tarlac College of Technology, now Tarlac State University (TSU). As highlighted in PD 609, TCA is mandated to undertake instruction, research and extension including production programs in agriculture, agricultural engineering, veterinary science, forestry and natural resources management in Central Luzon.^[5]

The college was converted into a state university, the Tarlac Agricultural University, on May 10, 2016 by virtue of Republic Act No. 10800.

In TAU, there are 5 colleges. Those are College of Agriculture and Forestry, College of Business and Management, College of Education, College of Engineering and Technology; and College of Veterinary Medicine

      Tarlac Agricultural University has vision and mission , those are:

VISION

TAU as one of the top 500 agricultural universities in Asia

MISSION

TAU is committed to improve the quality of life through the production of competent graduates and relevant technologies in the service of society.

BREAKTHROUGH GOALS

Take lead in innovative teaching methodologies using technology and/or appropriate ICT technologies to optimize learning

Advance agricultural productivity and income through technology transfer and training

Use of science, technology and Engineering (STE) effectively for climate change resiliency and adaptation

‘TARLAC AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY-LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL’

Laboratory High School is the school under TAU- College of Education programs. The school becomes of one of college of education program which consists of secondary of science and technology, and also secondary Agri-Home curriculum. The classes are divided into junior and senior high school. In junior high school, there are three classes: Science A, Science B, and Agrihome (Agricultural-Homemaking). Meanwhile, in senior high school there are four classes: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), ABM (Accountancy, Business, and Management), HS (Humanities and Social Sciences), and Agri-home Economics.

MISSION STATEMENT OF TAU-LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL

The Tarlac Agricultural University-Laboratory High School is committed to enhance optimum development of the students with emphasis on the internalization of values to make them self-fulfilled, effective and efficient in their roles in the social groups to which they belong. It aims to equip the learners which scientific, intellectual and work skills necessary for higher level of learning or in the competitive world for works as well as to contribute actively in nation-building and universal brotherhood.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

The TAU-LS seeks to achieve the following objectives:

• to develop the specific potentials of each individual;-the moral, spiritual, cultural, socio-civic and physical aspects of his personality for his and society’s benefits
• to develop in the individual the sense of belonging to a national community
• to develop intellectual and work skills in the individual focused on the values that he must develop for the meaningful and purposeful utilization of his skills;

      2. ACADEMIC SUPPORT SYSTEM

Tarlac Agricultural University has some buildings as well as the supporting facilities, such as:

·        The Administration building,

·        College of Agriculture and Forestry building,

·        College of Business and Management building,

·        College of Education building,

·        College of Engineering and Technology; and

·        College of Veterinary Medicine,

·         Agribusiness building,

·        ELIA office,

·        Clinic

·        Dean’s office

·        Gymnasium buildings

·        Basketball court

·        Volleyball court

·        Soccer field

·        Table Tennis court

·        Badminton Court

·        Outdoor Swimming Pool

·        Computer Laboratory

·        Chemistry Laboratory

·        Biology Laboratory

·         Physics Laboratory

·        Auditorium

·        Dormitory

·        Canteen

·        Audio-Visual Rooms

·        Library

In Tarlac Agricultural University-Laboratory High School is located near the dean office. The LS building has two floors which consists the faculty office, staff office, and also classrooms in the first and second floor.

      In the Tarlac Agricultural University, there are some supporting facilities, such as:

1. The laboratory
2. The Dax (cafeterias)
3. Toilettes
4.  Faculty offices

Others:

In every classroom, there are up to 50 chairs for students, chair for teacher, the table for teacher, green boards, one flash (TV), one CCTV, about 6 fans, brooms, and shelf.

3.  TEACHING SYSTEM

The teaching system used in TAU, every students either in college or Laboratory school will have a flag hoisting ceremony every Monday at 07.00 am until 07.20 (approximately 30 minutes). The ceremony will be held in front of administration building or in the yard of TAU entrance if the weather is good, while if the weather is bad, the ceremony will be held in the gymnasium building. Then, the class will be started at 07.30 am until 5.00 pm, each class takes one hour (60 minutes). They have a class break at 08.30 am to 9.30 am; however there was a schedule change in LS that the morning break is deleted recently. They will have lunch break at 11.30 until 1.00 pm. They have the classes five days a week, from Monday to Friday. On Friday, the students will have sport hours in the school. And for Saturday, the classes are off.

Here is the schedule of my cooperating teacher in English subject area:

4.   MATERIALS AND OTHER LEARNING SOURCES

In TAU-LS, the materials and learning sources especially for grade 8, they use textbook that already provided by the school. The textbook is based on the curriculum, for grade 8 the textbook used is Afro-Asian Literature which is look like below:

In the teaching and learning activities, they not only use textbook. But the teacher provided them with other sources such as materials from the internet as well as audio-visual aids.

 5.  MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION SYSTEM

The measurement and evaluation system used in LS building, especially for grade 8 is by averaging the results of students’ performance such as:

Written Works ---------- ---------30%

Performance Tasks---------------30%

Quarterly Assessments----------20%

6.   CURRICULUM

The curriculum used in Laboratory School TAU is K-12 (Curriculum K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum).  Basically, K12 aims to create a functional basic education system that will produce productive and responsible citizens equipped with essential competencies and skills for both life- long learning and employment. Furthermore, the curriculum aims to help the learners acquire highly-developed literacy skills with cooperation, self-reliance, respect, certitude, collaboration, patriotism, and perseverance values.

1.7             SYLLABUS

Here is the syllabus provided by my cooperating teacher which is called outcomes-based syllabus in English 8: Afro-Asian Literature